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1854: Gustave Doré's "Holy Russia"
by Bill Kartalopoulos
In 1854, Gustave Doré produced a macabre, propagandistic satire of Russian history in the form of a dense, 104-page graphic narrative, the grand finale to his early, lesser-known career as a professional cartoonist.  Read more...
1930: Milt Gross's "He Done Her Wrong"
by Paul Karasik
In 1930 screwball virtuoso Milt Gross responded to the works of Masereel, Ward, et al. with a weighty black tome of his own: "The Great American Novel, and not a word in it — no music, too."   Read more...
1946: Miné Okubo's "Citizen 13660"
by Megan Kelso
Among the earliest major responses to the World War II detention of 110,000 people of Japanese descent was this book-length, first-person graphic narrative.  Read more...
1952: R. O. Blechman's "The Juggler of Our Lady"
by Bill Kartalopoulos
Drawn in the course of a single night, The Juggler of Our Lady is a simple fable that offers a short course in basic picture-writing.   Read more...
1975: Martin Vaughn-James' "The Cage"
by Domingos Isabelinho
A series of precise, wrenching images unfolds to tell a complex, fatalistic narrative in Martin Vaughn-James' "visual-novel" without characters.  Read more...
Key Untranslated European Graphic Novels
by Mark Nevins, Bart Beaty and Paul Gravett
A team of experts have collaboratively assembled a list of twenty key untranslated European graphic novels, with summary descriptions and sample images.  Read more...
Excerpt: Caran d'Ache's "Maestro"
In 1894, Caran d'Ache proposed to draw a "roman dessiné" and drew roughly one-third of his planned 300+ page Maestro. Indy Magazine excerpts the CNBDI's collection of the never-completed "drawn novel."  Read more...
Preview: "Maggots"
by Brian Chippendale
Indy Magazine presents an eight-page preview of Brian Chippendale's Maggots, due this winter from Highwater Books.  Read more...
Publisher: Jeff Mason
Editor: Bill Kartalopoulos
Contributor list & bios...
Indy Magazine returns to mark some red-letter dates in the secret history of the graphic novel.  Read More...
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Cerebus #1 - 300
by Dave Sim & Gerhard
reviewed by
Adam White
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Eightball #23
by Daniel G. Clowes
reviewed by
Isaac Cates
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The Golem's Mighty Swing
by James Sturm
reviewed by
Charles Hatfield
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